In re the Claim of Siu

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed February 11, 1997, which, inter alia, ruled that claimant was ineligible to receive unemploy*690ment insurance benefits because he did not have sufficient weeks of covered employment to file a valid original claim.

Claimant was enrolled in a four-year residency program at New York Hospital, a teaching hospital certified to train medical school graduates in medical specialties. Claimant was trained in the specialty of pathology during his residency and received a certificate identifying him as a specialist in that field upon…